Good but obvious: Super-Soldier, Thorion.
Bad and obvious: Challengers of the Fantastic, Darkclaw.
Not obvious but really good: Iron Lantern, Bruce Wayne: AoS
Messed up but kind of inspired and cool: Speed Demon.
Inspired but executed poorly: Magnetic Men, Dr. Strangefate (obvious, too).
Messed up and really bad: Bat-Thing, Diana Prince, Amazon.
Fun: Spider-Boy.
Just really bad: JLX, X-Patrol.
Now I’m not really talking about the writing or art or even the character design. My critique is of the amalgam choices. If DC and Marvel did a New Amalgam universe, this is what I’d do:
A straight FF/Doom Patrol Amalgam would be fun. Dr. Niles Richards? Robot-Thing? Invisi-Girl?
Nick Jordan, Agent of L.A.N.T.E.R.N.
An Iron Man/Batman amalgam. Super obvious but could be really cool. A War Machine/Nightwing partner would be awesome.
Professor Lex and the S-Men. A bald, secretly villainous Lex Xavier as leader of the Super Men (S-Men). The S-Men think they’re heroes but Professor Lex is using them for nefarious purposes. A Cyclops/Superman amalgam as field leader works. Other team members include Jean Grey/Lois Lane, Angel/Supergirl, and Iceman/Superboy amalgams?
I don’t know. I have too much time on my hands.
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